this happened in May 2006. i was getting out of the bathtub and thinking about Fava beans, having just tried them for the first time.
i remember thinking, "you know, i really don't like Chianti that much." i had been thinking about the "Fava Beans & Chianti" line in Silence of the Lambs.
shortly thereafter, i stubbed my toe on a piece of sheet metal stored in the hallway. it should have been stored in the closet ... i was doing some house-cleaning and that was one of the things that had been in the closet. it was .020 thick stainless, with a sheared edge, not de-burred. i had glued cardboard and wood to it for some playing around with a solar panel that i did in 2004.
my next memory is dancing or hopping or hobbling around the living room, leaving puddles of blood everywhere, slowing getting a grip on the situation. 9 PM, i was tired, not up for a trip to the emergency room. i already had an appointment with a doctor for 2 days later.
(slightly gross picture)
http://www.geocities.com/wwswimming/foot.jpg
it cut about 1/2" deep. it was a "toe dangling off the foot" situation. i am very lucky that it didn't cut through a significant nerve. i still have feeling in both toes and can wiggle both toes.
anyway, it took me about 15 minutes to get it wrapped off with a piece of semi-sterile fabric, an old dress shirt, and some duct tape.
i am surprised how much it didn't hurt. it felt like someone had smacked it with a hammer, it didn't feel cut.
the next day, Monday, i took a penicillin. i had light medical insurance and knew that an infection was a primary concern. plus, once i got the thing taped up, i didn't want to open it back up to wash it out. (the last time i had tried that, i fainted.)
the next day, Tuesday, i saw a doctor. she looked at it and said it wasn't infected and that i "did a great job" bandaging it. i asked her to re-bandage it; she refused to.
then that clinic sent me a bill for $119.
which left me thinking, "heck, i could give a homeless person a dollar and they'll tell me a good job bandaging my foot".
anyway, anybody else have an experience where they would have gone to the emergency room or hospital and had to deal with it using "frontier methods" ?
i remember thinking, "you know, i really don't like Chianti that much." i had been thinking about the "Fava Beans & Chianti" line in Silence of the Lambs.
shortly thereafter, i stubbed my toe on a piece of sheet metal stored in the hallway. it should have been stored in the closet ... i was doing some house-cleaning and that was one of the things that had been in the closet. it was .020 thick stainless, with a sheared edge, not de-burred. i had glued cardboard and wood to it for some playing around with a solar panel that i did in 2004.
my next memory is dancing or hopping or hobbling around the living room, leaving puddles of blood everywhere, slowing getting a grip on the situation. 9 PM, i was tired, not up for a trip to the emergency room. i already had an appointment with a doctor for 2 days later.
(slightly gross picture)
http://www.geocities.com/wwswimming/foot.jpg
it cut about 1/2" deep. it was a "toe dangling off the foot" situation. i am very lucky that it didn't cut through a significant nerve. i still have feeling in both toes and can wiggle both toes.
anyway, it took me about 15 minutes to get it wrapped off with a piece of semi-sterile fabric, an old dress shirt, and some duct tape.
i am surprised how much it didn't hurt. it felt like someone had smacked it with a hammer, it didn't feel cut.
the next day, Monday, i took a penicillin. i had light medical insurance and knew that an infection was a primary concern. plus, once i got the thing taped up, i didn't want to open it back up to wash it out. (the last time i had tried that, i fainted.)
the next day, Tuesday, i saw a doctor. she looked at it and said it wasn't infected and that i "did a great job" bandaging it. i asked her to re-bandage it; she refused to.
then that clinic sent me a bill for $119.
which left me thinking, "heck, i could give a homeless person a dollar and they'll tell me a good job bandaging my foot".
anyway, anybody else have an experience where they would have gone to the emergency room or hospital and had to deal with it using "frontier methods" ?
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